#E2C056#E2C056

#E2C056 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C056
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, 0.14, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 56.57, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0033 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8958, 54.5427, 16.5966)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C056 #5678E2

analogous

#E27A56 #E2C056 #BEE256

triadic

#E2C056 #56E2C0 #C056E2

tetradic

#E2C056 #56E27A #5678E2 #E256BE

square

#E2C056 #56E27A #5678E2 #E256BE

split-complementary

#E2C056 #56BEE2 #7A56E2

monochromatic

#A2811C #D6AB25 #E2C056 #EBD38A #F4E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E2C056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C056

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C056	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed28a',
    500: '#e2c056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c056;
$custom-light: #eed28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81719,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C056

secondary

#3852A5

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C056

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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